Datadog’s Runtime Configuration (RCFG) team allows our Engineers to safely manage and distribute configuration and feature flags at scale. The team owns the services, infrastructure, and workflows providing our Engineers with a platform to safely test and release features in production.

We’re looking for a hands-on technical leader to cultivate a growing team of Engineers with an ambitious internal product roadmap.You will work closely with your team and counterparts across infrastructure and product to deliver a user-focused configuration management system. This is a high-impact position developing a platform which touches almost every system within Datadog.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What You’ll Do:
- Lead technical and architectural discussions to better understand challenges and problems faced by our team and the engineering community.
- Stay in touch with your team’s code, and roll up your sleeves when needed to unblock your team by writing code or troubleshooting issues.
- Lead and cultivate a team of engineers with a diverse skill-set, including performance management and career development.
- Own and drive relationships with engineering teams and major stakeholders helping to prioritize impact towards the team’s north star.
- Run OKR processes to define and align the team's quarterly goals with the needs of the business and platform.

Who You Are:
- You’re experienced working directly with internal customers to understand their needs and develop product roadmaps.
- You’ve built out robust platforms made up of services, data stores and data streams prioritizing impact and sustainability.
- You’re a forward thinker looking for an opportunity to grow in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment providing leadership and direction for a highly technical team.
- You have significant experience in one or more backend languages, such as Go, Python, Java, or similar; and with different types of data stores, such as PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Redis or ElasticSearch.
- You have experience working on browser-based user interfaces and working with Designers. Bonus points if you have full-stack skills or experience with JavaScript / TypeScript.
- Experience working with internal tooling, developer tooling, engineering enablement or similar internally-focused areas would be beneficial in this role.
- You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent professional experience.

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

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